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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - What It Means Is Up To Me (Part 1) | April 28, 2025
- An encouraging message
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- From pastor steven furtick
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- Of elevation church.
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- If you're looking
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- To strengthen your faith
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- And shift your perspective
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- Stay tuned.
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- ♪ ♪
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- >> we're really looking at three
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- >> we're really looking at three questions from philippians 1
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- Questions from philippians 1 that are so powerful that
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- That are so powerful that they are pretty much running
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- They are pretty much running your emotions whether you
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- Your emotions whether you know it or not.
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- Know it or not. like how software runs
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- Like how software runs your phone or whatever.
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- Your phone or whatever. i don't know how it works,
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- I don't know how it works, but i do know this.
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- But i do know this. these three questions;
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- These three questions; and i'll give 'em to you again.
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- And i'll give 'em to you again. what does it matter?
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- What does it matter? what shall i choose?
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- What shall i choose? and what does it mean?
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- And what does it mean? those are questions that
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- Those are questions that your mind is always answering.
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- Your mind is always answering. how you answer those determines
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- How you answer those determines whether or not you live
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- Whether or not you live in a state of defeat or freedom.
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- In a state of defeat or freedom. and that's not my opinion.
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- And that's not my opinion. that's the teaching that
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- That's the teaching that paul gives us in philippians.
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- Paul gives us in philippians. i should warn you up front,
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- I should warn you up front, i had to bring two bibles
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- I had to bring two bibles to preach this sermon today.
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- To preach this sermon today. do not be afraid,
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- Do not be afraid, but i got something to say.
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- But i got something to say. and god gave it to me,
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- And god gave it to me, so i'm confident about it.
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- So i'm confident about it. one is in the new testament
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- One is in the new testament from philippians 1
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- From philippians 1 where we were last week.
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- Where we were last week. and then i also wanna show you
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- And then i also wanna show you something in genesis 50.
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- Something in genesis 50. in philippians 1 --
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- In philippians 1 -- and we'll just pick up right
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- And we'll just pick up right where we left off last week,
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- Where we left off last week, where he says
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- Where he says "but what does it matter?"
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- "but what does it matter?" remember that?
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- Remember that? how that question can eliminate
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- How that question can eliminate a lot of the things that
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- A lot of the things that we pray about if we get
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- We pray about if we get the right priorities.
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- The right priorities. and how it also can keep
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- And how it also can keep us from, you know,
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- Us from, you know, giving our resources to things
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- Giving our resources to things that we'll regret later.
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- That we'll regret later. one of the things god has
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- One of the things god has been doing in this season,
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- Been doing in this season, whether you realize it or not,
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- Whether you realize it or not, is helping you redirect
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- Is helping you redirect your resources.
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- Your resources. because when he eliminates
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- Because when he eliminates things from your life,
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- Things from your life, in a way that is a gift.
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- In a way that is a gift. the gift of elimination.
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- The gift of elimination. and one author said that trials
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- And one author said that trials tightly focus your life.
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- Tightly focus your life. and so that's been happening,
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- And so that's been happening, and it was happening for paul.
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- And it was happening for paul. 'cause he's like well,
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- 'cause he's like well, if i focus on the things
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- If i focus on the things i'm uncertain about,
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- I'm uncertain about, i'm probably going to get --
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- I'm probably going to get -- i'm gonna get in so much
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- I'm gonna get in so much confusion that i will start
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- Confusion that i will start to doubt what god
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- To doubt what god is doing through me.
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- Is doing through me. but i'm gonna choose to write
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- But i'm gonna choose to write off the things i can't control.
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- Off the things i can't control. and remember, when he said
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- And remember, when he said what does it matter,
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- What does it matter, he was talking about
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- He was talking about the motives of people who were
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- The motives of people who were preaching about jesus
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- Preaching about jesus for the wrong reasons.
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- For the wrong reasons. and that perplexed me
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- And that perplexed me because i thought well,
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- Because i thought well, it does matter what
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- It does matter what people's motives are
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- People's motives are when they're preaching.
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- When they're preaching. and paul said, "well,
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- And paul said, "well, it doesn't matter as much."
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- It doesn't matter as much." somebody say that in the chat,
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- Somebody say that in the chat, "as much."
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- "as much." their motive doesn't matter
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- Their motive doesn't matter as much as god's mission.
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- As much as god's mission. so while my mind is constantly
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- So while my mind is constantly fighting the battle
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- Fighting the battle of what matters -
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- Of what matters - this matters, and that matters -
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- This matters, and that matters - it brings me back
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- It brings me back to the realization that some
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- To the realization that some things matter more.
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- Things matter more. he's saying "what matters
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- He's saying "what matters more is that in every way,
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- More is that in every way, whether from false
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- Whether from false motives or true," okay --
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- Motives or true," okay -- and this is gonna be really
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- And this is gonna be really parallel with the genesis 50
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- Parallel with the genesis 50 passage, so underline that,
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- Passage, so underline that, l.b., so you can rip
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- L.b., so you can rip it off in three months.
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- It off in three months. "whether from false
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- "whether from false motives or true" --
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- Motives or true" -- with my full permission,
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- With my full permission, and he'll make it better too --
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- And he'll make it better too -- "christ is preached.
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- "christ is preached. the important thing is,
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- The important thing is, what matters more" --
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- What matters more" -- what matters most to paul,
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- What matters most to paul, not to us.
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- Not to us. other stuff matters more to us
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- Other stuff matters more to us no mater what we say.
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- No mater what we say. with our lives sometimes,
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- With our lives sometimes, we demonstrate that other
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- We demonstrate that other stuff matters more, but to paul,
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- Stuff matters more, but to paul, it was like the gospel,
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- It was like the gospel, the good news about jesus,
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- The good news about jesus, what he's doing, his kingdom.
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- What he's doing, his kingdom. you know, all these things
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- You know, all these things that we can say.
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- That we can say. but the substance of paul's
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- But the substance of paul's faith was that the mission,
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- Faith was that the mission, the purpose of god,
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- The purpose of god, mattered more for him
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- Mattered more for him than his preference or either
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- Than his preference or either other people's motives
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- Other people's motives which he could not control.
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- Which he could not control. so he said,
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- So he said, "i've chosen to focus.
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- "i've chosen to focus. i have chosen," watch this,
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- I have chosen," watch this, "to rejoice."
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- "to rejoice." make the choice to rejoice.
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- Make the choice to rejoice. alright.
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- Alright. it rhymes.
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- It rhymes. it must be true.
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- It must be true. "yes, and i will
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- "yes, and i will continue to rejoice."
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- Continue to rejoice." i'm gonna keep doing it.
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- I'm gonna keep doing it. i did it, i am doing it,
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- I did it, i am doing it, and i will continue to do it.
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- And i will continue to do it. somebody say it.
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- Somebody say it. i did it.
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- I did it. i am doing it.
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- I am doing it. and i will continue to do it.
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- And i will continue to do it. tell the devil, "i did it,
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- Tell the devil, "i did it, i am doing it,
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- I am doing it, and i will continue to do it."
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- And i will continue to do it." "i will continue to rejoice,
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- "i will continue to rejoice, for i know that through your
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- For i know that through your prayers and god's provision,"
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- Prayers and god's provision," resource, "of the spirit
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- Resource, "of the spirit of jesus christ
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- Of jesus christ what has happened to me,"
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- What has happened to me," resistance.
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- Resistance. "the spirit of jesus christ,"
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- "the spirit of jesus christ," resource provision.
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- Resource provision. you see it?
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- You see it? "the provision of the spirit
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- "the provision of the spirit of jesus christ," resource.
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- Of jesus christ," resource. "what has happened to me,"
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- "what has happened to me," prison sentence, resistance.
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- Prison sentence, resistance. write it down.
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- Write it down. the resource is greater
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- The resource is greater than the resistance.
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- Than the resistance. and i need you to know that,
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- And i need you to know that, child of god.
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- Child of god. i need you to know that.
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- I need you to know that. he said i know this.
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- He said i know this. i don't know what they're
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- I don't know what they're gonna do with me.
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- Gonna do with me. i'm still waiting to find out.
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- I'm still waiting to find out. i don't know --
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- I don't know -- in fact, it was so bad for paul,
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- In fact, it was so bad for paul, he wasn't like,
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- He wasn't like, "i don't know if they're
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- "i don't know if they're gonna keep me on furlough."
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- Gonna keep me on furlough." he's like, "i don't know
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- He's like, "i don't know if they're gonna
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- If they're gonna keep me on earth.
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- Keep me on earth. festus handed me over to caesar,
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- Festus handed me over to caesar, so i'm not even
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- So i'm not even control of this."
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- Control of this." but he sounds remarkably
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- But he sounds remarkably in command of the condition
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- In command of the condition of his soul, and i wanna
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- Of his soul, and i wanna learn how to do that.
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- Learn how to do that. he said, verse 20 --
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- He said, verse 20 -- i can't leave this behind.
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- I can't leave this behind. "will turn out
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- "will turn out for my deliverance."
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- For my deliverance." i didn't wanna leave that out.
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- I didn't wanna leave that out. deliverance is a major
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- Deliverance is a major theme in the scripture,
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- Theme in the scripture, all the way from moses
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- All the way from moses and the exodus,
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- And the exodus, to jesus on the cross,
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- To jesus on the cross, to paul in this prison.
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- To paul in this prison. and yet it's not so much
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- And yet it's not so much for paul about god
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- For paul about god bringing him out.
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- Bringing him out. it's about god's
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- It's about god's spirit getting in.
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- Spirit getting in. inward deliverance.
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- Inward deliverance. so he said, "i eagerly expect
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- So he said, "i eagerly expect and hope that i will
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- And hope that i will in no way be ashamed."
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- In no way be ashamed." that's internal.
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- That's internal. "but will have
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- "but will have sufficient courage."
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- Sufficient courage." that's internal.
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- That's internal. "so that now as always christ,
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- "so that now as always christ, will be exalted in my body."
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- Will be exalted in my body." that's internal.
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- That's internal. external can't control it.
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- External can't control it. internal.
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- Internal. i will continue to rejoice.
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- I will continue to rejoice. this is the distinction.
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- This is the distinction. he said, "whether
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- He said, "whether by life or by death."
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- By life or by death." y'all alright if i teach bible?
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- Y'all alright if i teach bible? because this whether
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- Because this whether or construct means
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- Or construct means i'm okay either way.
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- I'm okay either way. and so he's not talking about
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- And so he's not talking about i'm okay if i have to park
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- I'm okay if i have to park at the front or the back
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- At the front or the back [indiscernible].
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- [indiscernible]. he's talking about i'm okay
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- He's talking about i'm okay if i go to heaven
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- If i go to heaven or if i stay here.
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- Or if i stay here. i'm not there yet.
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- I'm not there yet. i am not there yet.
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- I am not there yet. i wanna stay around.
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- I wanna stay around. but paul's like,
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- But paul's like, i'm okay either way.
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- I'm okay either way. now say it by faith.
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- Now say it by faith. i'm okay either way.
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- I'm okay either way. this is the spirit
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- This is the spirit of paul's faith.
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- Of paul's faith. it wasn't manipulation,
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- It wasn't manipulation, it was acceptance.
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- It was acceptance. it was embracing what god
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- It was embracing what god is doing in this moment.
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- Is doing in this moment. not escaping, embracing.
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- Not escaping, embracing. thank you, jesus.
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- Thank you, jesus. so i'm counting on courage.
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- So i'm counting on courage. i'm not counting
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- I'm not counting on circumstances.
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- On circumstances. i'm counting on courage.
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- I'm counting on courage. i'm counting on christ.
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- I'm counting on christ. for to me --
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- For to me -- and this is the only verses
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- And this is the only verses that i really meant to read,
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- That i really meant to read, but i got all caught up there
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- But i got all caught up there in the other ones.
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- In the other ones. for to me --
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- For to me -- somebody say to me.
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- Somebody say to me. "for to me, to live is christ,
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- "for to me, to live is christ, and to die is gain.
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- And to die is gain. if i'm to go on living,"
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- If i'm to go on living," if they don't cut my head off,
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- If they don't cut my head off, if they let me have
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- If they let me have a few more years --
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- A few more years -- i'm not sure.
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- I'm not sure. but "if i am to go on living
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- But "if i am to go on living in the body, this will mean
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- In the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me."
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- Fruitful labor for me." so you saw what does it matter,
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- So you saw what does it matter, and now paul is showing
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- And now paul is showing us what does it mean.
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- Us what does it mean. w-d-i-m.
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- W-d-i-m. what does it mean?
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- What does it mean? he said, "if i am to go
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- He said, "if i am to go on living, this will mean
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- On living, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
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- Fruitful labor for me. if i am to go on living,
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- If i am to go on living, this will mean" --
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- This will mean" -- and we'll focus there today,
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- And we'll focus there today, but i gotta put this with it.
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- But i gotta put this with it. he said, "yet what shall
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- He said, "yet what shall i choose?
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- I choose? i do not know!"
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- I do not know!" now go to genesis 50.
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- Genesis 50.
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- Genesis 50. somebody say what
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- Somebody say what does it matter?
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- Does it matter? what does it mean?
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- What does it mean? what shall i choose?
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- What shall i choose? in genesis 50:19.
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- In genesis 50:19. "but joseph said to them,
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- "but joseph said to them, do not fear, for am i
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- Do not fear, for am i in the place of god?
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- In the place of god? as for you, you meant evil
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- As for you, you meant evil against me, but god meant it" --
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- Against me, but god meant it" -- you have permission to shout.
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- You have permission to shout. you have permission to shout.
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- You have permission to shout. i mean, you have permission
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- I mean, you have permission to shout just as --
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- To shout just as -- "joseph said, as for you,
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- "joseph said, as for you, you meant evil against me.
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- You meant evil against me. but god meant it for good.
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- But god meant it for good. to bring it about" --
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- To bring it about" -- yeah.
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- Yeah. there it goes.
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- There it goes. when you realize that purpose
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- When you realize that purpose of god in every situation,
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- Of god in every situation, it's very powerful.
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- It's very powerful. he said, "you meant it for evil,
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- He said, "you meant it for evil, but god meant it for good.
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- But god meant it for good. to bring it about that many
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- To bring it about that many people should be kept alive,
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- People should be kept alive, as they are today.
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- As they are today. so do not fear.
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- So do not fear. i will provide for you
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- I will provide for you and your little ones.
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- And your little ones. thus he comforted them
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- Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.
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- And spoke kindly to them. so joseph remained in egypt,
- 00:09:53.322 --> 00:09:55.524
- So joseph remained in egypt, he and his father's house.
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- He and his father's house. joseph lived 110 years."
- 00:09:56.993 --> 00:09:59.328
- Joseph lived 110 years." that's too long, lord.
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- That's too long, lord. i don't want all that.
- 00:10:00.630 --> 00:10:02.064
- I don't want all that. how many agree?
- 00:10:02.131 --> 00:10:02.632
- How many agree? that's too long, lord.
- 00:10:02.698 --> 00:10:03.566
- That's too long, lord. put it in the chat.
- 00:10:03.633 --> 00:10:04.233
- Put it in the chat. that's too long, lord.
- 00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:06.636
- That's too long, lord. but look at this.
- 00:10:06.702 --> 00:10:07.303
- But look at this. "and joseph saw
- 00:10:07.370 --> 00:10:08.270
- "and joseph saw ephraim's children
- 00:10:08.337 --> 00:10:10.172
- Ephraim's children of the third generation.
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- Of the third generation. as for you, you meant
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- As for you, you meant it for evil.
- 00:10:13.643 --> 00:10:15.578
- It for evil. but joseph saw
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- But joseph saw ephraim's children
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- Ephraim's children of the third generation."
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- Of the third generation." i don't know if this is a title,
- 00:10:22.451 --> 00:10:23.352
- I don't know if this is a title, but this is what
- 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:23.953
- But this is what i want you to get today.
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- I want you to get today. and i want you to say
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- And i want you to say it out loud one more time.
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- It out loud one more time. i'll stop making you
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- I'll stop making you repeat stuff, i promise.
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- Repeat stuff, i promise. but look at somebody next
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- But look at somebody next to you, or just type
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- To you, or just type it to nobody in particular,
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- It to nobody in particular, and say what you do
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- And say what you do is up to you.
- 00:10:36.365 --> 00:10:37.033
- But what it means --
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- But what it means -- you thought i was done.
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- [laughter]
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- I got you good.
- 00:10:53.649 --> 00:10:54.316
- I got you good. start over.
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- Start over. what you do is up to you.
- 00:10:55.051 --> 00:10:58.254
- What you do is up to you. joseph looked at his brothers
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- Joseph looked at his brothers and said you meant it for evil.
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- And said you meant it for evil. what you do is up to you.
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- What you do is up to you. but what it means is up to me.
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- [applause]
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- What it means is up to me.
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- What it means is up to me. what does it mean?
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- What does it mean? it's up to me.
- 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:20.776
- It's up to me. so like one of the hardest
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- So like one of the hardest things about being a parent
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- Things about being a parent is teaching your kids what
- 00:11:24.146 --> 00:11:25.081
- Is teaching your kids what words mean because they honestly
- 00:11:25.147 --> 00:11:26.882
- Words mean because they honestly think you're google when
- 00:11:26.949 --> 00:11:28.818
- Think you're google when they're little.
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- They're little. and then they think you're
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- And then they think you're an idiot when they get bigger.
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- An idiot when they get bigger. but i write these things
- 00:11:35.291 --> 00:11:36.325
- But i write these things down 'cause levi lusko
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- Down 'cause levi lusko taught me something cool.
- 00:11:37.727 --> 00:11:38.661
- Taught me something cool. he said put everything that
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- He said put everything that your kids say that's kinda
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- Your kids say that's kinda cute down in your phone.
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- Cute down in your phone. and then you can read
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- And then you can read it to them later,
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- It to them later, and they'll like it.
- 00:11:44.533 --> 00:11:45.601
- And they'll like it. and so i've been doing that
- 00:11:45.668 --> 00:11:46.936
- And so i've been doing that for a few years 'cause
- 00:11:47.002 --> 00:11:47.703
- For a few years 'cause levi told me to.
- 00:11:47.770 --> 00:11:50.406
- Levi told me to. he also told me to try sriracha
- 00:11:50.473 --> 00:11:52.508
- He also told me to try sriracha and wear common projects.
- 00:11:52.575 --> 00:11:53.843
- And wear common projects. he's just the ultimate salesman.
- 00:11:53.909 --> 00:11:55.578
- He's just the ultimate salesman. but i was like, okay, levi.
- 00:11:55.644 --> 00:11:56.545
- But i was like, okay, levi. i'll do it.
- 00:11:56.612 --> 00:11:57.346
- I'll do it. but it's really cool.
- 00:11:57.413 --> 00:11:57.947
- But it's really cool. i'm glad i did it.
- 00:11:58.013 --> 00:11:58.948
- I'm glad i did it. and i found this note.
- 00:11:59.014 --> 00:11:59.882
- And i found this note. because i was thinking about
- 00:11:59.949 --> 00:12:00.583
- Because i was thinking about how kids ask the best questions,
- 00:12:00.649 --> 00:12:01.851
- How kids ask the best questions, which i think is one
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- Which i think is one of the reasons that god wants
- 00:12:03.119 --> 00:12:04.887
- Of the reasons that god wants us to have faith like a child.
- 00:12:04.954 --> 00:12:08.090
- Us to have faith like a child. not to be childish and immature,
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- Not to be childish and immature, but to be child-like
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- But to be child-like and to be curious about god.
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- And to be curious about god. to be curious about what
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- To be curious about what he can do in the world.
- 00:12:17.767 --> 00:12:19.502
- He can do in the world. and so kids have no
- 00:12:19.568 --> 00:12:20.503
- And so kids have no problem with that.
- 00:12:20.569 --> 00:12:21.704
- Problem with that. so we were watching
- 00:12:21.771 --> 00:12:22.204
- So we were watching this show, and one
- 00:12:22.271 --> 00:12:23.239
- This show, and one of the characters said --
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- Of the characters said -- and the only reason
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- And the only reason i remember this, abbey was 4.
- 00:12:25.074 --> 00:12:26.442
- I remember this, abbey was 4. she's almost 10 now.
- 00:12:26.509 --> 00:12:27.409
- She's almost 10 now. the only reason i remember
- 00:12:27.476 --> 00:12:28.110
- The only reason i remember it is 'cause of levi lusko.
- 00:12:28.177 --> 00:12:29.478
- It is 'cause of levi lusko. and she said --
- 00:12:29.545 --> 00:12:31.380
- And she said -- one of the characters said --
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- One of the characters said -- "with this plan, we can't fail."
- 00:12:33.115 --> 00:12:36.218
- "with this plan, we can't fail." and abbey goes,
- 00:12:36.285 --> 00:12:37.486
- And abbey goes, "what does fail mean?"
- 00:12:37.553 --> 00:12:40.956
- "what does fail mean?" so then i answered her,
- 00:12:41.023 --> 00:12:42.725
- So then i answered her, "it means that
- 00:12:42.792 --> 00:12:43.826
- "it means that you don't succeed."
- 00:12:43.893 --> 00:12:46.562
- You don't succeed." well, then you know what
- 00:12:46.629 --> 00:12:47.363
- Well, then you know what she asked next, right?
- 00:12:47.429 --> 00:12:51.033
- She asked next, right? "what does succeed mean?"
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- "what does succeed mean?" and answering that was really
- 00:12:55.137 --> 00:12:56.338
- And answering that was really tough because i was like,
- 00:12:56.405 --> 00:12:58.908
- Tough because i was like, "well, it means that you
- 00:12:58.974 --> 00:12:59.842
- "well, it means that you do what you set out to do."
- 00:12:59.909 --> 00:13:00.709
- Do what you set out to do." but then i was like,
- 00:13:00.776 --> 00:13:01.310
- But then i was like, "well, not really.
- 00:13:01.377 --> 00:13:01.777
- "well, not really. in god's kingdom,
- 00:13:01.844 --> 00:13:02.378
- In god's kingdom, sometimes what you set out
- 00:13:02.444 --> 00:13:03.078
- Sometimes what you set out to do was the wrong thing,
- 00:13:03.145 --> 00:13:03.913
- To do was the wrong thing, and then you end up realizing
- 00:13:03.979 --> 00:13:04.680
- And then you end up realizing that what you set out
- 00:13:04.747 --> 00:13:05.447
- That what you set out to do wasn't the right thing,
- 00:13:05.514 --> 00:13:06.382
- To do wasn't the right thing, and god was trying to, you know,
- 00:13:06.448 --> 00:13:07.917
- And god was trying to, you know, kinda lead you into one place,
- 00:13:07.983 --> 00:13:08.851
- Kinda lead you into one place, but you thought you were
- 00:13:08.918 --> 00:13:09.518
- But you thought you were supposed to do this,
- 00:13:09.585 --> 00:13:10.152
- Supposed to do this, and then it turned out you
- 00:13:10.219 --> 00:13:10.886
- And then it turned out you were supposed to do that."
- 00:13:10.953 --> 00:13:13.355
- Were supposed to do that." you know, i started having
- 00:13:13.422 --> 00:13:15.858
- You know, i started having existential crisis watching
- 00:13:15.925 --> 00:13:17.193
- Existential crisis watching "the simpsons" with my family.
- 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.227
- "the simpsons" with my family. i'm like --
- 00:13:18.294 --> 00:13:19.995
- I'm like -- i shouldn't have
- 00:13:20.062 --> 00:13:20.396
- I shouldn't have told you it was "the simpsons"
- 00:13:20.462 --> 00:13:21.163
- Told you it was "the simpsons" since she was 4,
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- Since she was 4, but y'all pray for me.
- 00:13:21.797 --> 00:13:22.431
- [laughter]
- 00:13:22.731 --> 00:13:33.409
- I'm sitting there going,
- 00:13:33.776 --> 00:13:35.311
- I'm sitting there going, you know, like,
- 00:13:35.377 --> 00:13:35.911
- You know, like, i'm not saying this out loud,
- 00:13:35.978 --> 00:13:37.046
- I'm not saying this out loud, but i'm like,
- 00:13:37.112 --> 00:13:37.546
- But i'm like, "that's so deep.
- 00:13:37.613 --> 00:13:39.148
- "that's so deep. what does succeed mean?
- 00:13:39.215 --> 00:13:40.382
- What does succeed mean? what does it profit a man
- 00:13:40.449 --> 00:13:41.450
- What does it profit a man to gain the whole world
- 00:13:41.517 --> 00:13:42.818
- To gain the whole world and lose his soul?"
- 00:13:42.885 --> 00:13:44.119
- And lose his soul?" she's asking for a little
- 00:13:44.186 --> 00:13:45.087
- She's asking for a little definition, you know.
- 00:13:45.154 --> 00:13:46.455
- Definition, you know. i'm having this midlife crisis.
- 00:13:46.522 --> 00:13:51.994
- I'm having this midlife crisis. but it did hit me that,
- 00:13:52.061 --> 00:13:53.229
- But it did hit me that, you know, you really can't
- 00:13:53.295 --> 00:13:54.663
- You know, you really can't answer the first question,
- 00:13:54.730 --> 00:13:56.031
- Answer the first question, what is failure,
- 00:13:56.098 --> 00:13:56.665
- What is failure, if you don't answer
- 00:13:56.732 --> 00:13:57.766
- If you don't answer the second definition,
- 00:13:57.833 --> 00:13:58.767
- The second definition, what is success?
- 00:13:58.834 --> 00:13:59.535
- What is success? and really, you can make
- 00:13:59.602 --> 00:14:00.369
- And really, you can make a word mean anything you
- 00:14:00.436 --> 00:14:01.270
- A word mean anything you want it to mean.
- 00:14:01.337 --> 00:14:05.641
- Want it to mean. you know, short-term
- 00:14:05.708 --> 00:14:06.508
- You know, short-term success sometimes
- 00:14:06.575 --> 00:14:08.811
- Success sometimes is the ultimate failure.
- 00:14:08.878 --> 00:14:12.548
- Is the ultimate failure. have you ever seen
- 00:14:12.615 --> 00:14:13.215
- Have you ever seen somebody that got in really
- 00:14:13.282 --> 00:14:14.283
- Somebody that got in really good physical shape,
- 00:14:14.350 --> 00:14:15.317
- Good physical shape, but they did it the wrong way?
- 00:14:15.384 --> 00:14:18.020
- But they did it the wrong way? and then it ended up just
- 00:14:18.087 --> 00:14:19.054
- And then it ended up just creating this cycle to where
- 00:14:19.121 --> 00:14:20.856
- Creating this cycle to where they just keep losing weight,
- 00:14:20.923 --> 00:14:22.591
- They just keep losing weight, and then taking weight off,
- 00:14:22.658 --> 00:14:24.226
- And then taking weight off, and it's like,
- 00:14:24.293 --> 00:14:24.894
- And it's like, well, man, if you do a good
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- Well, man, if you do a good thing the wrong way,
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- Thing the wrong way, that becomes it's own problem.
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- That becomes it's own problem. so you can have a short-term
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- So you can have a short-term success and a long-term failure.
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- Success and a long-term failure. you can have a short-term
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- You can have a short-term failure and a long-term
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- Failure and a long-term success, right?
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- Success, right? and many of you have experienced
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- And many of you have experienced that in your life.
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- That in your life. how many y'all had a breakup
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- How many y'all had a breakup that was a blessing?
- 00:14:43.112 --> 00:14:46.181
- That was a blessing? let me ask it like this.
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- Let me ask it like this. how many of y'all would
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- How many of y'all would be living with somebody who
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- Be living with somebody who would make you wanna move
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- Would make you wanna move out if god would have
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- Out if god would have answered your prayers,
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- Answered your prayers, like garth brooks said,
- 00:14:52.788 --> 00:14:53.923
- Like garth brooks said, some of god's greatest gifts --
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- Some of god's greatest gifts -- i saw garth on the billboard
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- I saw garth on the billboard awards last night.
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- Awards last night. did you see him?
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- Did you see him? and he started making me
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- And he started making me feel like a failure.
- 00:15:01.730 --> 00:15:03.265
- Feel like a failure. because sometimes i feel
- 00:15:03.332 --> 00:15:04.833
- Because sometimes i feel successful when i'm like
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- Successful when i'm like comparing myself.
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- Comparing myself. 'cause this is all
- 00:15:07.870 --> 00:15:08.470
- 'cause this is all relative, you know?
- 00:15:08.537 --> 00:15:09.405
- Relative, you know? i'm comparing myself.
- 00:15:09.471 --> 00:15:10.673
- I'm comparing myself. i'm like, you know,
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- I'm like, you know, we wrote these songs
- 00:15:11.974 --> 00:15:12.942
- We wrote these songs that are big songs.
- 00:15:13.008 --> 00:15:15.411
- That are big songs. and then garth brooks
- 00:15:15.477 --> 00:15:16.645
- And then garth brooks is chasing whiskey and,
- 00:15:16.712 --> 00:15:19.081
- Is chasing whiskey and, you know, drowning
- 00:15:19.148 --> 00:15:20.049
- You know, drowning diamond albums.
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- Diamond albums. i got a platinum
- 00:15:22.184 --> 00:15:22.818
- I got a platinum album last year.
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- Album last year. i gave it to my mom.
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- I gave it to my mom. put it up on her wall.
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- Put it up on her wall. platinum album.
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- Platinum album. garth has, they said
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- Garth has, they said on the thing, i think
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- On the thing, i think he had 10 diamond albums.
- 00:15:30.125 --> 00:15:34.096
- He had 10 diamond albums. now i got my little
- 00:15:34.163 --> 00:15:34.830
- Now i got my little pitiful platinum album.
- 00:15:34.897 --> 00:15:36.699
- Pitiful platinum album. let me take this down.
- 00:15:36.765 --> 00:15:37.967
- Let me take this down. garth's got a diamond album.
- 00:15:38.033 --> 00:15:40.135
- Garth's got a diamond album. "unanswered prayers."
- 00:15:40.202 --> 00:15:41.337
- "unanswered prayers." lord, what's my life even worth,
- 00:15:41.403 --> 00:15:43.072
- Lord, what's my life even worth, you know, and all a that?
- 00:15:43.138 --> 00:15:44.807
- You know, and all a that? i was listening to one thing
- 00:15:44.873 --> 00:15:46.208
- I was listening to one thing the other day where the guy
- 00:15:46.275 --> 00:15:47.676
- The other day where the guy was talking about,
- 00:15:47.743 --> 00:15:48.544
- Was talking about, he won a grammy,
- 00:15:48.610 --> 00:15:50.813
- He won a grammy, and then he wanted to win
- 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.880
- And then he wanted to win a oscar so he started
- 00:15:51.947 --> 00:15:53.549
- A oscar so he started being in movies.
- 00:15:53.615 --> 00:15:56.018
- Being in movies. then he started wanting
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- Then he started wanting to win a emmy,
- 00:15:57.586 --> 00:15:59.655
- To win a emmy, so he did a tv show.
- 00:15:59.722 --> 00:16:02.658
- So he did a tv show. and he said the only thing left
- 00:16:02.725 --> 00:16:04.193
- And he said the only thing left for him to achieve that was
- 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:07.129
- For him to achieve that was driving him crazy was to win
- 00:16:07.196 --> 00:16:08.797
- Driving him crazy was to win a tony for a broadway play.
- 00:16:08.864 --> 00:16:12.334
- A tony for a broadway play. so he said, that's called
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- So he said, that's called a "egot."
- 00:16:13.168 --> 00:16:15.637
- A "egot." when you get a emmy --
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- When you get a emmy -- not many people do it.
- 00:16:16.872 --> 00:16:17.740
- Not many people do it. i don't know how many
- 00:16:17.806 --> 00:16:19.341
- I don't know how many 'cause i'm not in it for
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- 'cause i'm not in it for these worldly pleasures.
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- [laughter]
- 00:16:21.610 --> 00:16:24.747
- But he said a emmy,
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- But he said a emmy, a grammy, and an oscar.
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- A grammy, and an oscar. but then he said,
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- But then he said, but i don't have a tony.
- 00:16:30.285 --> 00:16:32.421
- But i don't have a tony. he said right now
- 00:16:32.488 --> 00:16:33.155
- He said right now it's just "ego."
- 00:16:33.222 --> 00:16:33.856
- Now how many things that
- 00:16:40.329 --> 00:16:42.531
- Now how many things that the world calls success --
- 00:16:42.598 --> 00:16:46.468
- The world calls success -- how many things that the devil
- 00:16:46.535 --> 00:16:48.804
- How many things that the devil uses to get you to think --
- 00:16:48.871 --> 00:16:51.640
- Uses to get you to think -- remember last week?
- 00:16:51.707 --> 00:16:53.042
- Remember last week? that my life doesn't matter
- 00:16:53.108 --> 00:16:55.444
- That my life doesn't matter is just ego.
- 00:16:55.511 --> 00:17:00.416
- Is just ego. he said i gotta get a "egot."
- 00:17:00.482 --> 00:17:03.318
- He said i gotta get a "egot." and then i started thinking
- 00:17:03.385 --> 00:17:03.986
- And then i started thinking about what i got.
- 00:17:04.053 --> 00:17:06.555
- About what i got. somebody say i got.
- 00:17:06.622 --> 00:17:08.791
- Somebody say i got. oh, put it in all caps
- 00:17:08.857 --> 00:17:11.226
- Oh, put it in all caps in the world-wide efam chat.
- 00:17:11.293 --> 00:17:13.896
- In the world-wide efam chat. somebody say i got...
- 00:17:13.962 --> 00:17:15.597
- Somebody say i got... >> congregation: i got...
- 00:17:15.664 --> 00:17:16.432
- >> congregation: i got... >> mercy...
- 00:17:16.498 --> 00:17:17.132
- >> mercy... >> congregation: mercy...
- 00:17:17.199 --> 00:17:17.866
- >> congregation: mercy... >> i got...
- 00:17:17.933 --> 00:17:18.500
- >> i got... >> congregation: i got...
- 00:17:18.567 --> 00:17:19.234
- >> congregation: i got... >> grace...
- 00:17:19.301 --> 00:17:19.902
- >> grace... >> congregation: grace...
- 00:17:19.968 --> 00:17:20.469
- >> congregation: grace... >> i got...
- 00:17:20.536 --> 00:17:21.236
- >> i got... >> congregation: i got...
- 00:17:21.303 --> 00:17:22.137
- >> congregation: i got... >> love, joy, peace,
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- >> love, joy, peace, gracious kindness, goodness,
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- Gracious kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
- 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.774
- Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
- 00:17:25.841 --> 00:17:27.509
- And self-control. i got the fruit of the spirit.
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- [applause]
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- Yeah.
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- Yeah. i got it.
- 00:17:33.982 --> 00:17:35.717
- I got it. i got it.
- 00:17:35.784 --> 00:17:36.552
- I got it. i didn't earn it, but i got it.
- 00:17:36.618 --> 00:17:39.088
- I didn't earn it, but i got it. okay.
- 00:17:39.154 --> 00:17:41.190
- Okay. so paul is like,
- 00:17:41.256 --> 00:17:42.558
- So paul is like, i don't get --
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- I don't get -- woo!
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- Woo! i got it.
- 00:17:44.760 --> 00:17:46.662
- I got it. loyalty, and royalty,
- 00:17:46.728 --> 00:17:47.830
- Loyalty, and royalty, and all a that.
- 00:17:47.896 --> 00:17:48.931
- And all a that. but paul said i got
- 00:17:48.997 --> 00:17:49.765
- But paul said i got it inside of me.
- 00:17:49.832 --> 00:17:50.933
- It inside of me. i got courage to make it.
- 00:17:50.999 --> 00:17:52.868
- I got courage to make it. no matter the outcome,
- 00:17:52.935 --> 00:17:54.703
- No matter the outcome, i got it.
- 00:17:54.770 --> 00:17:56.305
- I got it. i got it.
- 00:17:56.371 --> 00:17:58.373
- I got it. pressing toward the mark
- 00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:59.441
- Pressing toward the mark to take hold of the prize
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- To take hold of the prize for which christ jesus has
- 00:18:00.809 --> 00:18:01.543
- For which christ jesus has already taken hold of me.
- 00:18:01.610 --> 00:18:03.112
- Already taken hold of me. i already got it.
- 00:18:03.178 --> 00:18:07.416
- I already got it. and the guy was talking about
- 00:18:07.483 --> 00:18:08.584
- And the guy was talking about all those grammys and tonys.
- 00:18:08.650 --> 00:18:10.319
- All those grammys and tonys. and he said, i don't know why
- 00:18:10.385 --> 00:18:11.186
- And he said, i don't know why i think the next one is gonna
- 00:18:11.253 --> 00:18:12.321
- I think the next one is gonna make me feel any better.
- 00:18:12.387 --> 00:18:15.724
- Make me feel any better. it didn't do what i thought
- 00:18:15.791 --> 00:18:17.292
- It didn't do what i thought it was gonna do.
- 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.961
- It was gonna do. have you ever had that before?
- 00:18:19.027 --> 00:18:19.828
- Have you ever had that before? i know.
- 00:18:19.895 --> 00:18:20.295
- I know. i mean, i haven't won a grammy
- 00:18:20.362 --> 00:18:21.296
- I mean, i haven't won a grammy or anything like that either.
- 00:18:21.363 --> 00:18:22.331
- Or anything like that either. but have you ever got it?
- 00:18:22.397 --> 00:18:28.470
- But have you ever got it? have you ever got it?
- 00:18:28.537 --> 00:18:31.039
- Have you ever got it? and when you get it
- 00:18:31.106 --> 00:18:32.975
- And when you get it and it's empty,
- 00:18:33.041 --> 00:18:36.612
- And it's empty, it's a really weird feeling.
- 00:18:36.678 --> 00:18:38.680
- It's a really weird feeling. it's almost worse
- 00:18:38.747 --> 00:18:39.281
- It's almost worse than never getting it.
- 00:18:39.348 --> 00:18:41.517
- Than never getting it. but paul is showing
- 00:18:41.583 --> 00:18:42.251
- But paul is showing us something here.
- 00:18:42.317 --> 00:18:43.252
- Us something here. and remember, coming back
- 00:18:43.318 --> 00:18:44.520
- And remember, coming back to this theme,
- 00:18:44.586 --> 00:18:45.487
- To this theme, are you in control?
- 00:18:45.554 --> 00:18:48.323
- Are you in control? you are in control of what
- 00:18:48.390 --> 00:18:51.627
- You are in control of what success means to you.
- 00:18:51.693 --> 00:18:54.329
- Success means to you. and if you align that with
- 00:18:54.396 --> 00:18:56.431
- And if you align that with a worldly definition of success,
- 00:18:56.498 --> 00:18:59.368
- A worldly definition of success, you can expect, at some point,
- 00:18:59.434 --> 00:19:01.803
- You can expect, at some point, an emptiness that comes
- 00:19:01.870 --> 00:19:03.839
- An emptiness that comes when we try to give our own
- 00:19:03.906 --> 00:19:05.741
- When we try to give our own definitions to god's concepts.
- 00:19:05.807 --> 00:19:13.182
- Definitions to god's concepts. i found out you can really
- 00:19:13.248 --> 00:19:14.850
- I found out you can really make anything mean anything
- 00:19:14.917 --> 00:19:17.152
- Make anything mean anything you want it to mean.
- 00:19:17.219 --> 00:19:18.353
- You want it to mean. even in the bible.
- 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:19.988
- Even in the bible. it's like if we were
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- It's like if we were talking to paul,
- 00:19:21.156 --> 00:19:22.057
- Talking to paul, and we were talking about
- 00:19:22.124 --> 00:19:23.258
- And we were talking about what is failure
- 00:19:23.325 --> 00:19:23.792
- What is failure and what is success, it would
- 00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.860
- And what is success, it would be a very confusing class.
- 00:19:24.927 --> 00:19:27.062
- Be a very confusing class. because right here,
- 00:19:27.129 --> 00:19:28.130
- Because right here, he's saying in philippians 1,
- 00:19:28.197 --> 00:19:29.831
- He's saying in philippians 1, what's happening right now,
- 00:19:29.898 --> 00:19:30.899
- What's happening right now, the gospel is succeeding
- 00:19:30.966 --> 00:19:32.367
- The gospel is succeeding even though i'm in prison.
- 00:19:32.434 --> 00:19:34.102
- Even though i'm in prison. and he uses the word --
- 00:19:34.169 --> 00:19:35.304
- And he uses the word -- i don't know
- 00:19:35.370 --> 00:19:35.704
- I don't know if you noticed it --
- 00:19:35.771 --> 00:19:36.405
- If you noticed it -- he said fruitful.
- 00:19:36.471 --> 00:19:37.606
- He said fruitful. this means more fruitful labor.
- 00:19:37.673 --> 00:19:40.008
- This means more fruitful labor. so he says it's working in me.
- 00:19:40.075 --> 00:19:44.346
- So he says it's working in me. it's working in me,
- 00:19:44.413 --> 00:19:45.314
- It's working in me, even though the work that
- 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.481
- Even though the work that he could do was limited.
- 00:19:46.548 --> 00:19:48.984
- He could do was limited. and sometimes i say things like
- 00:19:49.051 --> 00:19:50.519
- And sometimes i say things like this, and i don't break it down.
- 00:19:50.586 --> 00:19:52.287
- This, and i don't break it down. because i know you're not
- 00:19:52.354 --> 00:19:53.589
- Because i know you're not in prison physically.
- 00:19:53.655 --> 00:19:54.890
- In prison physically. you're watching this.
- 00:19:54.957 --> 00:19:55.924
- You're watching this. i know that you're
- 00:19:55.991 --> 00:19:57.125
- I know that you're not necessarily, you know,
- 00:19:57.192 --> 00:19:58.760
- Not necessarily, you know, a preacher or apostle
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- A preacher or apostle of the gospel like paul was.
- 00:19:59.795 --> 00:20:00.862
- Of the gospel like paul was. i understand that.
- 00:20:00.929 --> 00:20:01.897
- I understand that. i know you're not sitting
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- I know you're not sitting there thinking maybe
- 00:20:02.798 --> 00:20:03.398
- There thinking maybe about oscars, or tonys,
- 00:20:03.465 --> 00:20:04.466
- About oscars, or tonys, or anything like this.
- 00:20:04.533 --> 00:20:05.667
- Or anything like this. but i think the dynamic
- 00:20:05.734 --> 00:20:06.568
- But i think the dynamic applies to everybody
- 00:20:06.635 --> 00:20:07.502
- Applies to everybody listening to me,
- 00:20:07.569 --> 00:20:08.203
- Listening to me, and i wanna know if i'm right.
- 00:20:08.270 --> 00:20:09.705
- And i wanna know if i'm right. it's like how solomon said,
- 00:20:09.771 --> 00:20:12.007
- It's like how solomon said, meaningless.
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- Meaningless. meaningless.
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- Meaningless. everything is meaningless.
- 00:20:14.176 --> 00:20:17.212
- Everything is meaningless. everything is meaningless
- 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.580
- Everything is meaningless until you give it a meaning.
- 00:20:18.647 --> 00:20:22.951
- Until you give it a meaning. and so where we get it backwards
- 00:20:23.018 --> 00:20:25.954
- And so where we get it backwards is we're searching for meaning
- 00:20:26.021 --> 00:20:27.990
- Is we're searching for meaning in stuff, but everything
- 00:20:28.056 --> 00:20:30.525
- In stuff, but everything is meaningless until
- 00:20:30.592 --> 00:20:31.927
- Is meaningless until you give it meaning.
- 00:20:31.994 --> 00:20:34.863
- You give it meaning. and i wanna talk about
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- And i wanna talk about that a little bit.
- 00:20:35.664 --> 00:20:37.699
- That a little bit. she said what's failure?
- 00:20:37.766 --> 00:20:40.402
- She said what's failure? and then i had to think
- 00:20:40.469 --> 00:20:41.136
- And then i had to think about well, what's success?
- 00:20:41.203 --> 00:20:43.639
- About well, what's success? and then i didn't really
- 00:20:43.705 --> 00:20:44.339
- And then i didn't really know how to answer her.
- 00:20:44.406 --> 00:20:45.207
- Know how to answer her. now, of course, certain things
- 00:20:45.274 --> 00:20:47.743
- Now, of course, certain things change meaning over time.
- 00:20:47.809 --> 00:20:50.479
- Change meaning over time. and since we're talking
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- And since we're talking about what does it mean today,
- 00:20:51.446 --> 00:20:53.181
- About what does it mean today, you know, we can all agree
- 00:20:53.248 --> 00:20:54.750
- You know, we can all agree that from generation
- 00:20:54.816 --> 00:20:55.717
- That from generation to generation --
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- To generation -- it's funny because when you're
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- It's funny because when you're first raising your kids,
- 00:20:58.754 --> 00:21:00.756
- First raising your kids, you have to tell them
- 00:21:00.822 --> 00:21:01.390
- You have to tell them what words mean,
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- What words mean, and then when they turn
- 00:21:02.324 --> 00:21:03.358
- And then when they turn to teenagers, they have
- 00:21:03.425 --> 00:21:04.293
- To teenagers, they have to tell you what
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- To tell you what words mean, right?
- 00:21:04.993 --> 00:21:06.561
- Words mean, right? how many got teenagers,
- 00:21:06.628 --> 00:21:07.429
- How many got teenagers, or you used to have 'em,
- 00:21:07.496 --> 00:21:08.430
- Or you used to have 'em, or something like that?
- 00:21:08.497 --> 00:21:09.431
- Or something like that? well, they sometimes saved
- 00:21:09.498 --> 00:21:12.200
- Well, they sometimes saved you a lotta trouble.
- 00:21:12.267 --> 00:21:13.101
- You a lotta trouble. elijah is my sermon --
- 00:21:13.168 --> 00:21:15.103
- Elijah is my sermon -- really, my sermon collaborator.
- 00:21:15.170 --> 00:21:16.905
- Really, my sermon collaborator. i don't want him to, you know,
- 00:21:16.972 --> 00:21:18.740
- I don't want him to, you know, really hear this 'cause he'll
- 00:21:18.807 --> 00:21:19.775
- Really hear this 'cause he'll start wanting a royalty
- 00:21:19.841 --> 00:21:21.410
- Start wanting a royalty or something like that.
- 00:21:21.476 --> 00:21:22.444
- Or something like that. but he helps me
- 00:21:22.511 --> 00:21:23.545
- But he helps me on multiple levels.
- 00:21:23.612 --> 00:21:24.713
- On multiple levels. and one thing that he'll
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- And one thing that he'll do sometimes is he'll say,
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- Do sometimes is he'll say, "dad, don't say that."
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- "dad, don't say that." one time i was telling him
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- One time i was telling him what i was gonna preach,
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- What i was gonna preach, and i just was going
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- And i just was going on and on about how we don't
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- On and on about how we don't need to waste our life,
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- Need to waste our life, and we need to make
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- And we need to make the most of our time.
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- The most of our time. and i said "some of y'all just,
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- And i said "some of y'all just, you wanna netflix and chill."
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- You wanna netflix and chill." and he said,
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- And he said, "no, whoa, whoa, dad."
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- "no, whoa, whoa, dad." this was a couple years ago.
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- This was a couple years ago. i just heard somebody say it.
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- I just heard somebody say it. netflix and chill.
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- Netflix and chill. i thought it meant be lazy,
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- I thought it meant be lazy, sit around.
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- Sit around. he said, "whoa, whoa, whoa,
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- He said, "whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, dad."
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- [laughter]
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- "that doesn't mean
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- "that doesn't mean what you think it means."
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- What you think it means." and i was thankful.
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- And i was thankful. and i wonder how any times god
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- And i wonder how any times god sits up there
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- Sits up there looking at our lives,
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- Looking at our lives, wishing we could hear
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- Wishing we could hear him say that doesn't
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- Him say that doesn't mean what you think it means.
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- Mean what you think it means. even if you just go through
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- Even if you just go through this one letter that paul
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- This one letter that paul wrote to the philippian church,
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- Wrote to the philippian church, which holly organized
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- Which holly organized a beautiful bible study,
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- A beautiful bible study, and i hope many
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- And i hope many of our egroups --
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- Of our egroups -- i heard there's tens
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- I heard there's tens of thousands of people
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- Of thousands of people enjoying it.
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- [applause]
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- But if you'll just notice
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- But if you'll just notice some of the things he says
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- Some of the things he says to the philippian church.
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- To the philippian church. see, this church meant
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- See, this church meant a lot to him because he founded
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- A lot to him because he founded it in the midst of persecution.
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- It in the midst of persecution. and anything that you birth
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- And anything that you birth in the midst of great pain
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- In the midst of great pain means more to you.
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- Means more to you. he called them partners
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- He called them partners in the gospel,
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- In the gospel, and he loved them like that.
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- And he loved them like that. he loved them like that.
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- He loved them like that. so when he told them that
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- So when he told them that every knee will bow
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- Every knee will bow and every tongue confess that
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- And every tongue confess that jesus christ is lord --
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- Jesus christ is lord -- i just wonder when we say
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- I just wonder when we say jesus is lord if paul
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- Jesus is lord if paul hears us kinda quoting
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- Hears us kinda quoting that in a cultural way.
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- That in a cultural way. eight pounds, six ounces.
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- Eight pounds, six ounces. jesus, what was he?
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- Jesus, what was he? eight pounds and six ounces?
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- Eight pounds and six ounces? and he's like when i say
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- And he's like when i say jesus christ is lord --
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- Jesus christ is lord -- see, that was a costly
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- See, that was a costly confession when paul wrote
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- Confession when paul wrote it 'cause it was saying
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- It 'cause it was saying caesar isn't lord.
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- Caesar isn't lord. so he was rejecting the empire
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- So he was rejecting the empire to embrace the kingdom.
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- To embrace the kingdom. when we say jesus is lord,
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- When we say jesus is lord, for a lot of us that means
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- For a lot of us that means i grew up baptist.
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- I grew up baptist. but for paul, lord was his
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- But for paul, lord was his favorite thing to call jesus.
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- Favorite thing to call jesus. "kyrios."
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- "kyrios." he loved that title: lord.
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- He loved that title: lord. it meant to him,
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- It meant to him, i do what he says.
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- I do what he says. and for a lot of us,
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- And for a lot of us, when we call on the lord,
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- When we call on the lord, it's to get him
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- It's to get him to do what we say.
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- To do what we say. and that's why when paul
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- And that's why when paul says whether i live or die,
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- Says whether i live or die, that's up to god.
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- That's up to god. he's lord.
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- He's lord. that's not what it means.
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- That's not what it means. it doesn't mean what you
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- It doesn't mean what you think it means.
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- Think it means. jesus is lord.
- 00:24:04.806 --> 00:24:06.174
- Jesus is lord. that means that i trust him with
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- That means that i trust him with what i can't control.
- 00:24:08.977 --> 00:24:10.745
- >> have you ever felt like
- 00:24:12.147 --> 00:24:13.181
- >> have you ever felt like your life is spinning
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- Your life is spinning out of control
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- Out of control and you can't do
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- And you can't do anything to stop it?
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- Anything to stop it? i know that i have.
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- I know that i have. it's a feeling that can cause
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- It's a feeling that can cause you to question everything,
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- You to question everything, including god's plan
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- Including god's plan for your life.
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- For your life. but you have so much more
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- But you have so much more control than you think.
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- Control than you think. now, not necessarily over
- 00:24:27.729 --> 00:24:28.997
- Now, not necessarily over the circumstances of your life,
- 00:24:29.064 --> 00:24:30.599
- The circumstances of your life, but something far more
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- But something far more important, your mind.
- 00:24:32.267 --> 00:24:34.236
- Important, your mind. and we're gonna get into
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- This in our series,
- 00:24:35.604 --> 00:24:37.172
- This in our series, “taking control of your mind.”
- 00:24:37.239 --> 00:24:39.574
- “taking control of your mind.” in these sermons,
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- In these sermons, pastor steven will help you
- 00:24:40.742 --> 00:24:42.010
- Pastor steven will help you breakdown how your thoughts
- 00:24:42.077 --> 00:24:43.678
- Breakdown how your thoughts can shape your reality.
- 00:24:43.745 --> 00:24:45.680
- Can shape your reality. and these series includes
- 00:24:45.747 --> 00:24:46.915
- And these series includes practical tools that can
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- Practical tools that can help you focus when your mind
- 00:24:48.383 --> 00:24:50.485
- Help you focus when your mind spins pour of control.
- 00:24:50.552 --> 00:24:52.420
- So, if you're tired of feeling
- 00:24:52.521 --> 00:24:53.922
- Like you're at the mercy of
- 00:24:53.989 --> 00:24:54.990
- Whatever your day throws at you,
- 00:24:55.056 --> 00:24:56.758
- And you're ready
- 00:24:56.825 --> 00:24:57.459
- To take back control,
- 00:24:57.526 --> 00:24:59.160
- This series is for you.
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- I want you to call
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- I want you to call or go online right now
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- Or go online right now and request your copy of,
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- And request your copy of, “taking control of your mind.”
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- “taking control of your mind.” it's available for your
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- It's available for your gift of any amount.
- 00:25:08.537 --> 00:25:10.005
- Gift of any amount. don't just keep letting
- 00:25:10.071 --> 00:25:11.540
- Don't just keep letting your mind run wild,
- 00:25:11.606 --> 00:25:13.208
- Your mind run wild, take back control.
- 00:25:13.275 --> 00:25:15.477
- Take back control. call or go online right now.
- 00:25:15.544 --> 00:25:17.512
- >> every thought that i have
- 00:25:18.847 --> 00:25:20.048
- Started with a question.
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- This is the worse question,
- 00:25:21.216 --> 00:25:22.617
- "what's wrong with me?"
- 00:25:22.684 --> 00:25:23.852
- That is a bad question.
- 00:25:23.952 --> 00:25:25.420
- That is a bad question. the better question is,
- 00:25:25.487 --> 00:25:26.588
- “god, what am i put here for?”
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- You believe that who
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- I am is what i do,
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- And what i do is who i am.
- 00:25:33.695 --> 00:25:36.131
- Since i believe deep down that
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- I'm really just something
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- That god wants to use.
- 00:25:39.467 --> 00:25:41.503
- And usually when you
- 00:25:41.570 --> 00:25:42.504
- Use something,
- 00:25:42.571 --> 00:25:43.638
- That means it's a product
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- And i lose sight
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- Of the fact that before
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- I was someone he wanted to use,
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- I was someone that he loved.
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- It is easy for me to jump
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- It is easy for me to jump to the conclusion that
- 00:25:54.316 --> 00:25:56.685
- To the conclusion that if i do not measure up
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- If i do not measure up to the expectation
- 00:25:57.919 --> 00:25:59.154
- To the expectation of performance,
- 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.522
- Of performance, i do not have worth
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- I do not have worth as a person.
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- As a person. the conclusion that you
- 00:26:03.358 --> 00:26:04.659
- The conclusion that you come to is based on
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- Come to is based on the belief that you start with.
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- >> it's natural
- 00:26:08.229 --> 00:26:08.663
- To feel frustrated when
- 00:26:08.763 --> 00:26:09.631
- It seems like life
- 00:26:09.731 --> 00:26:10.298
- Is out of your control.
- 00:26:10.398 --> 00:26:11.266
- In this new series from
- 00:26:11.366 --> 00:26:12.233
- Pastor steven furtick,
- 00:26:12.334 --> 00:26:13.335
- You'll learn how to reframe
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- The way you think and turn
- 00:26:14.502 --> 00:26:15.637
- Frustration into faith.
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- Call or go online today
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- To request your copy of,
- 00:26:18.506 --> 00:26:19.741
- “taking control of your mind,”
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- And learn how to come
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- To the right conclusions
- 00:26:22.310 --> 00:26:23.311
- About what god is doing
- 00:26:23.411 --> 00:26:24.379
- In your life.
- 00:26:24.479 --> 00:26:25.213
- >> if you love watching sermons
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- From pastor steven furtick,
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- From pastor steven furtick, there's more for you.
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- >> ♪ jehovah ♪
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- ♪ call the name ♪
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- ♪ call the name ♪
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- ♪ call the name ♪
- 00:26:50.372 --> 00:26:52.474
- ♪ jehovah ♪
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- ♪ all our praise ♪
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- ♪ all our praise ♪
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- ♪ all our praise ♪
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- ♪ belongs to him ♪
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- >> ♪ all the praise is his ♪
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- ♪ let's go ♪
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- ♪ his foes will be silenced ♪
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- ♪ he's fighting for zion ♪
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- ♪ oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
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- ♪ there's no other god ♪
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- ♪ like jehovah ♪
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